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How Do Novice Older Users Evaluate and Perform Mid-Air Gesture Interaction for the First Time?

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Arthur Theil Cabreira,

Faustina HwangAuthors Info & Claims

NordiCHI '16: Proceedings of the 9th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Article No.: 122, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/2971485.2996757

Published: 23 October 2016 Publication History

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Mid-air gesture interaction is often considered as a "natural" and "intuitive" input method, however, there has been little investigation of how older adults perceive and interact with these interfaces. We report the preliminary results of an experiment in which 20 younger and 20 older adults, without previous experience of gesturing in the air, are asked to perform 15 commonly used gestures and complete 5 computer tasks using mid-air gestures. We aim to learn how each age group engages with mid-air gestures regarding perceived easiness, confidence, intention of use and physical effort.

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DOI:10.1145/2971485

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